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Engaging the disengaged : how schools can help struggling students succeed

Author: Lois Brown Easton
Publisher: Thousand Oaks, CA : Corwin Press, ©2008.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Lois Brown Easton
ISBN: 9781412949989 141294998X 9781412949996 1412949998
OCLC Number: 126802798
Awards: Winner of Delta Kappa Gamma Society Interational Educator's Award 2009.
Description: lviii, 239 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Contents: Improving the culture for struggling students. "What about test scores?" : from a testing to a learning culture ; "What do you mean, build relationships? My job is to teach history" : relationships are as important as content ; "What's community got to do with learning?" : intentional learning communities foster learning ; "So, what about discipline?" : how principles govern a school better than rules ; "What's democratic about schools?" : a democratic school helps students learn --
Improving curriculum, instruction, and assessment for struggling students. "What about standards?" : developing curriculum according to the right standards ; "How do you get them to learn?" : innovative instructional strategies help students learn ; "How do you know they've learned?" : learning from assessing learning ; Conclusion : the importance of looking at the student as a whole person.
Responsibility: Lois Brown Easton.
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